That comic really reminds me of trying to degoogle and FOSSify my computer as a complete novice. Multiple, extremely frustrating times, I’ve wanted to install something but I genuinely have not been able to understand the installation instructions. I also don’t know enough to know what the right search terms are to find out what I’m meant to do.

I’m still trying but it’s fucking demoralising.

He must be protected at all costs

This was very confusing until an hour later when I saw that he’d dropped out

Love seeing Australian stuff in the wild

Game soundtracks were such a game changer for me; like this music that’s literally written to be in the background?

This is the first comment about switching to Linux that makes me feel positively about the idea

While I don’t necessarily agree in this case, you did remind me of something Justice Kirby (an Australia Hugh Court (our highest court) Judge) wrote in his dissent in Carr v Western Australia.^1

“He was a smart alec for whom it is hard to feel much sympathy. But the police were public officials bound to comply with the law. We should uphold the appellant’s rights because doing so is an obligation that is precious for everyone. It is cases like this that test this Court. It is no real test to afford the protection of the law to the clearly innocent, the powerful and the acclaimed.”

^1 232 CLR 138, 188 [170].

Wait, you have to pay to use your phone as a hotspot?!

How small are the pineapples in Texas? Because a can of Monster is not the same size of any pineapple I’ve seen.

My husband’s work in R&D often involves him looking to nature to find ways to improve the efficiency of designs and materials. Evolution has done a lot of trial and error that often results in the most efficient way to deal with a problem, so giving a look to natural adaptions seems like a smart move.

And that’s why everything that we’ve designed to solve a problem in our house is a crab.